What size scooter can I drive?

Hi I don't have a motorbike licence but seem to remember that I can drive/ride an under 50cc moped in France without a licence. Anyone know if this is correct? I have a mountain bike on the back of the motorhome at the moment but reckon a moped/scooter would be better and easier on the legs.

If you want to ride a moped you first need to complete CBT unless you passed your full car driving test before 1 February 2001. In this case you can ride a moped, but still need to complete CBT to ride a motorcycle.

and in typical dvla confusing fashion....

If you passed your car driving test before 1 February 2001 you don’t need to take CBT to ride a moped.

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I read on here sometime ago that if you buy one of these scooters with the 2 wheels at the front,you can drive them on a car licence even upwards of 300 cc .
So if you check out the weight issue you might be better to carry something with a bit more oomph!
Does anyone know if you can carry passengers on these scooters whilst riding under a car licence .
Vlad.

hi pappa just a note as far as i know if the wheels are less than 460mm apart measured from the center of the tread it would classed as one wheel .
crash hats only for bi cycles .
mind i wore this .i thought it fitted the trike well. hee hee
not german though its actually spanish.

Every time we use ours we say/think "could not do this with a motor bike".

All over the pavements, pedestrian areas. No-one complains. It's just normal abroad.

Having said that I was told to get off on Lake Garda by a cop on a 125cc bike. Fair enough, it did say no bikes. He carried on, followed by a dozen or more bikes being ridden. The main thing is not to go so fast as to endanger the peds.

Hills and long distances ( over 10 miles ) and then petrol power wins.

Even if you can ride a scooter on the basis of "grandfather rights" on your license, there are a number of issues. Insurance may be problematic and may not cover you to carry a pillion.

I carry a Honda SH125 scooter on a Burstner Solano, and found that you cannot legally carry one of these on a rack without overloading the rear axle. The only way to do it is on a trailer. There are some sites which allow you to enter the size of your overhang and load weight into an equation which gives the rear axle load. see http://www.svtech.co.uk/motorhomes.html

Again, even if you can fit a scooter in the garage, you will probably find that the floor is not rated to carry this weight.

A 50cc scooter is really only designed for one person. They struggle to carry a pillion and because of the speed limitation ( 28 miles per hour), can feel very dangerous in traffic. Electric bicycles may go as fast!:Eek!:

the 50cc bikes cope very well with two.
most garages are capable of a lightweight scooter or bike .sticking them on a rack uses a leverage that is related to the distance from a pivot . thats why racks dont always work . as for insurance as a full moped licence holder it should be no problem carrying pasengers .
seems you bought the wrong camper then the wrong bike and forgot the weight of the rack .
you only have to think of pounds foot and work it out .